Belarus is a country of endless spaces and kind people. Kossovo is a small town in the Brest region, 160 km from Brest and 230 km from Minsk. The population of the city is about 2500 people. The city was first mentioned in chronicles in 1494.
Kossovo
It is believed that this is the smallest city in Belarus, since city status can be obtained only with a population of more than 15,000 people. An exception was made for Kossovo. The very name of the city also causes a lot of controversy.
What attracts everyone to this quiet town, in which there is no railroad or highway?
The Puslovsky Palace, or the Kossovsky Castle, was built in 1838. The construction of the castle was started by the landowner Kazimir Puslovsky, after his death, the construction was continued by his son, a large industrialist Vandalin Puslovsky. The palace is called "Knight's Dream", as it was designed in the style of ancient Gothic castles. Above the walls of the palace there are 12 large towers (by the number of months in a year) and 365 small towers by the number of days a year. There were 132 rooms, each of which was a unique piece of art. One of them even had a transparent floor, under which fish were swimming. The Puslovskys' library contained more than 10 thousand books. They had a beautiful and strange tradition - to arrange "Room Day". They loved to decorate a room with fresh flowers by the time it was filled with the first rays of the sun.
There are many legends about the palace - one of them says that an underground passage 25 km long leads from the Kossovsky castle to Ruzhansky.
Further, the fate of the castle is sad. After the death of Vandalin Puslovsky, everything is received by the unworthy heir - Leon. He loses the palace at cards. The whole estate is falling into decay - the garden is ruined, ponds are overgrown, everything is plundered. During the Second World War, the castle was burned down. Now the palace is undergoing a large-scale reconstruction.
The Museum-Estate of Tadeusz Kosciuszko is located next to the Puslovsky Castle, on the Merechevschina tract. Tadeusz Kosciuszko is a Polish general, born in 1746, in the Kingdom of Poland on the territory of modern Belarus.
Until the age of 10, he was brought up at home, then he was sent to study at the school of one of the monastic orders, then, in Warsaw, he graduated from the cadet corps. Kosciuszko continues his military studies in France. There his convictions finally take shape - he becomes a republican. In 1776, he left for America to fight on the side of the American colonialists who fought for independence from England. There he is promoted to Brigadier General of the US Army. In 1792, Tadeusz Kosciuszko returned to his homeland and valiantly, but unsuccessfully, fought for the Polish land against the Russian troops.
In 1794 he became the commander-in-chief of the Polish army. Under his command, the Poles liberate Warsaw from Russian and Prussian troops. But on October 10 of the same year, his army was defeated, Kosciuszko was wounded and taken prisoner. He was released from the Peter and Paul Fortress in 1796. By that time, the Polish state ceased to exist and Tadeusz left for America. Tadeusz Kosciuszko died in Switzerland in 1817.
In 1857, Vandalin Puslovsky ordered to put in order the house and yard of the legendary compatriot. Now there is a memorial estate museum.
